I mean they should just own up to what we have known for a long time . They are just as cynical as other teams but they never got tagged with that because people bought into the "purest footballers , keepers of the flame " nonsense . How in the name of God Tadgh Connelly didn’t see the line in '09 against Cork beggers belief . The reason , nobody could say a bad word about Kerry back then . Or more so, nobody wanted to because they’d be hounded it out of it by certain types in the media & print journalism because Kerry were the purveyors of how the game should be played , the right way , the proper way . Darragh O’Shea was another who seemed to get away with murder . Galvin though just couldn’t help himself . Gets a lengthy ban in 2008 and what does he do , he comes out the next year and wins POTY . Connelly is 10 times the player he was & was snubbed year after year for All Stars .

This is a new Kerry we are seeing now . The one who tried to rough us up on their patch last year .The one where Anthony Maher cynically pulls down Fitzy in the league final . Now Mayo finally got one over on them last year & what happens in the first game back .They’ve two sent off & another black carded & one of the opposition ends up in hospital afterwards .

If ya phrase that a bit better I might be able to answer
They’re not hiding it anymore & they don’t seem too bothered what people think where as they would have in the past .
Make no mistake , Kerry have been badly burned by us over the last 7 years . And now Mayo have finally beaten them . I thought enough was enough a couple of years ago with us beating them in two AIs & beating them in two semis . Mayo have gotton in on the act & I think that’s the final straw for them .
If they don’t win Sam this year , EF has to go . He knows this & has drafted in the younger guys . I’d say that was a nod from the board to say , ■■■■ this , we have minors who have won 4 AIs . Get them in there . That’s why Clifford has been promoted to the first team as well as a few others .They have put alot of pressure on him to be the saviour , will be interesting how that works out .
We had seen Con perform but he didn’t arrive with the same fan fare . Scully too came in quietly but I had seen promise in him years ago .Same with Fenton . And by the looks of it Howard & Basquel are going to be special . We are truelly blessed at the moment . Some said the conveyor belt might be over . We’ve just introduced two more this year without any fan fare ,and that’s not even counting Paddy Small . Add to that , there was no Con , Jack or Cormac tonight .Jim Gavin is some operator !